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Phantomjs

Scriptable Headless Browser

From ariya·Updated June 12, 2026·View on GitHub·
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PhantomJS ([phantomjs.org](http://phantomjs.org)) is a headless WebKit scriptable with JavaScript. The latest [stable release](http://phantomjs.org/release-2.1.html) is version 2.1. The project is written primarily in C++, distributed under the BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License license, first published in 2010. It has gained significant community traction with 29,461 stars and 5,680 forks on GitHub. Key topics include: automation, headless, headless-browser, phantomjs.

PhantomJS - Scriptable Headless WebKit

PhantomJS (phantomjs.org) is a headless WebKit scriptable with JavaScript. The latest stable release is version 2.1.

Important: PhantomJS development is suspended until further notice (see #15344 for more details).

Use Cases

  • Headless web testing. Lightning-fast testing without the browser is now possible!
  • Page automation. Access and manipulate web pages with the standard DOM API, or with usual libraries like jQuery.
  • Screen capture. Programmatically capture web contents, including CSS, SVG and Canvas. Build server-side web graphics apps, from a screenshot service to a vector chart rasterizer.
  • Network monitoring. Automate performance analysis, track page loading and export as standard HAR format.

Features

  • Multiplatform, available on major operating systems: Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and other Unices.
  • Fast and native implementation of web standards: DOM, CSS, JavaScript, Canvas, and SVG. No emulation!
  • Pure headless (no X11) on Linux, ideal for continuous integration systems. Also runs on Amazon EC2, Heroku, and Iron.io.
  • Easy to install: Download, unpack, and start having fun in just 5 minutes.

Questions?

PhantomJS is free software/open source, and is distributed under the BSD license. It contains third-party code, see the included third-party.txt file for the license information on third-party code.

PhantomJS is created and maintained by @ariyahidayat, with the help of many contributors.

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